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DOI | 10.1007/s12526-016-0465-6 |
Colonies of the fire coral Millepora platyphylla constitute scleractinian survival oases during Acanthaster outbreaks in French Polynesia | |
Kayal, Mohsen1; Kayal, Ehsan2 | |
通讯作者 | Kayal, Mohsen |
来源期刊 | MARINE BIODIVERSITY |
ISSN | 1867-1616 |
EISSN | 1867-1624 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 47期号:1页码:255-258 |
英文摘要 | Outbreaks of the predator crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci cause widespread coral mortality throughout the Indo-Pacific. Identifying mediating processes that promote coral survival during Acanthaster outbreaks can help support reef resilience. During surveys in French Polynesia, large colonies of the calcifying hydrozoan Millepora platyphylla appeared to be avoided by the starfish, providing predator-free sanctuaries to scleractinian corals in their proximity during an intense Acanthaster outbreak. Such refuges particularly benefited susceptible taxa such as Acropora and Pocillopora, whose populations were normally targeted by the starfish. These biological sanctuaries provided by Millepora to scleractinians are newly identified forms of associational refuges that can increase coral resistance to predation by Acanthaster. Our observations thus identify a key ecological role in reef resilience for Millepora, which is a ubiquitous component of tropical reefs usually seen as a strong competitor of scleractinians. |
英文关键词 | Predator outbreak Crown-of-thorns starfish Scleractinian coral Associational refuge Biological sanctuary |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000397987300039 |
WOS关键词 | PLANCI ; REEFS ; DIVERSITY ; DISTURBANCE ; PACIFIC |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Marine & Freshwater Biology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/201056 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Bren Sch Environm Sci & Management, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA; 2.Smithsonian Inst, Dept Invertebrate Zool, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Washington, DC 20560 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Kayal, Mohsen,Kayal, Ehsan. Colonies of the fire coral Millepora platyphylla constitute scleractinian survival oases during Acanthaster outbreaks in French Polynesia[J],2017,47(1):255-258. |
APA | Kayal, Mohsen,&Kayal, Ehsan.(2017).Colonies of the fire coral Millepora platyphylla constitute scleractinian survival oases during Acanthaster outbreaks in French Polynesia.MARINE BIODIVERSITY,47(1),255-258. |
MLA | Kayal, Mohsen,et al."Colonies of the fire coral Millepora platyphylla constitute scleractinian survival oases during Acanthaster outbreaks in French Polynesia".MARINE BIODIVERSITY 47.1(2017):255-258. |
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